So should Boris have gone on Eastenders? Overshadowed, at least in the eyes of political anoraks, by the Labour conference, the Sun’s ditching of Labour, and the daily tracking polls the big political story for many people tonight has been Boris’s cameo appearance on BBC1 Eastenders. It will certainly raise his profile and, no doubt, will reinforce the “good old Boris” rhetoric that we saw in his election last year. But should a political figure do this? I like the…
You can see more of Marf’s work at LondonSketchbook.com Meanwhile we now have the YouGov post speech poll – the first figure is after the speech – the second is before it. It should be noted that the sample was simply people who watched the speech – it was not demographically or politically weighted and as Anthony Wells at UKPollingReport observes “People who watched his speech are likely to be a lot more politically aware, a lot more well disposed…
But is “fight-back” the right language to use? In discussing this cartoon with Marf this after she made a point which I think is relevant – that this could be the wrong strategy for Labour. Are they building up Cameron? Are ordinary electors going to perceive that Labour thinks that this is a losing battle and, in Marf’s words, are they” empowering Cameron as a political beast to be reckoned with”? There’s something in that. I do think we have…
Marf is PB’s regular cartoonist – more of her work can be found at LondonSketchBook.com
More of Marf’s work can be found at LondonSketchbook.com
Our resident cartoonist makes a welcome return Marf, great to have you back on PB – more of Marf’s work can be found at LondonSketchbook.com. The return of Our Genial Host from his Spanish break is now imminent – on behalf of the editorial team it’s great to have him back, and can I also say a very big thank you to Morus and David who have taken the lion’s share of covering PB while Mike has been away,…
Welcome back from your break Our cartoon, the first for a while, is by Marf who is just getting back to work following a break. It’s great to see your drawing on the site again and we’ve missed your often biting satire – particularly during the first stages the MPs expenses disclosures. I like today’s because it sort of puts the whole thing into perspective. It’s North Korea that we should be worrying about More of Marf’s work can be…
Will the police measures distract attention from the meeting itself With world leaders arriving in London for Thursday’s G20 meeting in the capital a big police operation is going on to ensure that the gathering itself can take place in relative peace and safety. Given the bomb attacks in London in July 2005 when the G8 meeting was taking place in Gleneagles there’s obviously a worry about police over-stretch. Meanwhile the person ostensibly in charge of all of this, Jacqui…